(MENAFN- AzerNews) North Korea has not responded to the regularly-held inter-Korean
calls for the third consecutive day, elevating tensions on the
peninsula and raising concerns about the stability of the region,
Azernews reports citing Al Arabiya.
Officials in North Korea were unresponsive to the regular phone
communication between the two sides on Sunday, Yonhap News
reported, after calls through the military line went unanswered on
the previous two days.
The two Koreas typically hold phone calls twice a day though the
two lines, including a cross-border liaison channel, during the
week, while the military channel is used on weekends.
South Korea defense ministry officials said they reached out to
the North through the military hotline at 9 a.m. Sunday but the
calls went unanswered, according to Yonhap.
The suspension of communication comes amid heightened tensions
on the Korean Peninsula following North Korea's recent weapons
tests, which were seen as a response to joint military drills
between South Korea and the US.
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